I had a very pleasant email this morning from John; a follower of this website. He's been messaging me about an ‘alleygating' project he's setting up with the neighbours. As my conversation with him is confidential I won't say where he lives, but needless to say it's a terraced house…

A report by The Children's Society published today has identified that the fear of crime is one of the main stand out concerns of children today. According to the report's findings 1 in 3 teenage girls are afraid of being followed by a stranger and 1 in 4 boys are worried they will be assaulted,…

I happen to know that a lot of police officers and PCSOs come onto my website in search of crime prevention information. This is good to know; because that's one of the main reasons I created the site. What they may not realise is that I've created a couple of pages just for them (shown below),…

A lot of you will have returned from your summer holidays by now and you'll soon start noticing how the nights are starting to draw in. Before you can say boo to a goat or goose or perhaps to some other farm animal the clocks will have (unnecessarily) gone back an hour plunging us into even…

We're getting record numbers of people using our Holiday Security Checklist this year. I don't know why there's been such an upsurge in interest, but who cares? The important thing is that more of you appear to be thinking about your home security before you go away to the summer sun. I know…

Many of my readers will know that I'm pretty much sold on the fact that what all crime needs is an opportunity and that if we can remove that opportunity then all of us would be able to live in a crime-free environment. Is this ‘pie in the sky'? Well, yes of course it is, because we all…